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Tuesday, August 05, 2014

Suspects in murder of Border Patrol agent arrested and deported numerous times

Two illegal immigrants from Mexico who were charged with first-degree
murder in the shooting death of an off-duty U.S. Border Patrol agent in
front of his family in Texas have been arrested and deported numerous
times, police sources told FoxNews.com. One suspect has been arrested no fewer than four times for entering
the U.S. illegally, according to federal court records. The other has
been deported twice after entering the U.S. illegally, sources said. Gustavo Tijerina, 30, and Ismael Hernandez, 40, were arraigned
Tuesday afternoon inside the Willacy County jail library. They were
ordered held without bail after being charged with capital murder of a
peace officer, attempted murder, and a variety of lesser charges. The pair, who have been living in Texas illegally, confessed after
being interviewed multiple times Monday to killing Border Patrol agent
Javier Vega Jr. in front of his wife and two kids and his parents Sunday
night while they were fishing in Santa Monica, Sheriff Larry Spence
told FoxNews.com...more